The City Pub Group Limited
Registered name: THE CITY PUB GROUP LIMITED
Part of Young & Co's Brewery PLC groupThe City Pub Group Limited made £68.8m revenue and a £6.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The City Pub Group Limited’s revenue grew 354% to £68.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £6.2m and 1,174 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 1 Apr 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.1m | £15.1m | £15.1m | £68.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.5m | −£3.4m | −£3.4m | −£15.3m |
| Gross profit | £53.6m | £11.7m | £11.7m | £53.5m |
| Operating profit | −£3.1m | −£9.8m | −£9.8m | −£4.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.7m | −£10.2m | −£10.2m | −£6m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.9m | −£9.5m | −£9.5m | −£6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.9m | −£9.5m | −£9.5m | −£6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,197 | 1,162 | 1,162 | 1,174 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7% | −63% | −63% | −9% |
| Gross margin | 76.4% | 77.3% | 77.3% | 77.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.6k | £13k | £13k | £58.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | −£8.2k | −£8.2k | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼78.4% | — | ▲354% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | — | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 1,174
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Young & Co's Brewery PLCultimate parent75–100%
- The City Pub Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Barts Pub LtdFigures not disclosed
- BNB Leisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gresham Collective LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Randall & Zacharia LtdFigures not disclosed
- The City Pub Company (West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Bfi LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RBT II Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Young's Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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